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This publications portal is a repository of all IOM migration health publications from 2006 to present where IOM was a primary contributor.

Publications include peer-reviewed scientific papers, technical reports, training guides/manuals, policy briefs/discussion papers, factsheets, newsletters, research reviews, conference and poster presentations. These are categorized by topic, author, country/region covered as well as by year, language, and type of publication. The map reflects the countries covered by the publications.

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Migration Health – Annual Review 2014

2015 Annual Report English
Author/s: IOM

This report illustrates IOM’s health activities in 2014 and presents key achievements in the three main migration health programme areas: (a) migration health assessments and travel health assistance; (b) health promotion and assistance for migrants; and (c) migration health assistance for crisis-affected populations. The report also highlights emerging themes in migration and health – learning the importance of understanding population mobility and its…

Nutrition Surveillance Report (Issue No. 4, January–December 2013)

2015 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM

This report presents child growth and malnutrition status of refugee children examined by the IOM Health Assessment Programme at select locations namely Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. The report analyses prevalence of three key indicators for protein–energy malnutrition, namely, weight-for-height or wasting, height-for-age or stunting, and weight-for-age or underweight. Data for this analysis is generated from the…

An assessment of psychosocial needs and resources in Yola IDP camps: North East Nigeria

2015 Technical Report English
Author/s: Guglielmo Schinina’, Luana Giardinelli, Gladys Kios

The psychosocial needs assessment that is described in his document was conducted in the period of twenty one days in April, 2015. The assessment took place in Adamawa State, and aimed at identifying self-perceived stress factors and coping mechanisms among the populations displaced to Yola, the Adamawa capital, due to the activities of the Boko Haram Insurgency, and to map existing services and provisions, to identify gaps to be covered.

Alcohol use among Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

2015 Scientific Report (Journal) English
Author/s: Montana Hewlett, Lisa Merry, Anit Mishra, Risatul Islam, Raz Mohammad Wali, Anita Gagnon

The purpose of this paper is to explore factors associated with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, where there has been a mass third-country resettlement operation in place since 2007.

Impact of and response to increased tuberculosis prevalence among Syrian refugees compared with Jordanian tuberculosis prevalence: case study of a tuberculosis public health strategy

2015 Scientific Report (Journal) English
Author/s: Susan Cookson, Hiba Abaza, Kevin Clarke, Ann Burton, Nadia Sabrah, Khaled Rumman, Nedal Odeah, Marwan Naoum

By the summer of 2014, the Syrian crisis resulted in a regional humanitarian emergency with 2.9 million refugees, including 608,000 in Jordan. These refugees access United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sponsored clinics or Jordan Ministry of Health clinics, including tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. Tuberculosis care in Syria has deteriorated with destroyed health infrastructure and drug supply chain. Syrian refugees may have undiagnosed tuberculosis; therefore, the…